Open Science

A very short intro

Jürgen Schneider

25 September 2024

Lines of reasoning

Open science harmonizes scientific practices with envisioned ideals

Public perspective
Public ownership of the scientific process and results
Democratic perspective
Access to knowledge and research should be equally distributed
Infrastructure perspective
Research needs infrastructure to maximize its potential and support researchers
Measurement perspective
Research needs valid metrics to measure scientific contribution
Pragmatic perspective
Research should be as effective and efficient as possible

(Fecher & Friesike, 2014)

Lines of reasoning

Open science harmonizes scientific practices with envisioned ideals

Public perspective
Public ownership of the scientific process and results
Democratic perspective
Access to knowledge and research should be equally distributed
Infrastructure perspective
Research needs infrastructure to maximize its potential and support researchers
Measurement perspective
Research needs valid metrics to measure scientific contribution
Pragmatic perspective
Research should be as effective and efficient as possible

(Fecher & Friesike, 2014)

current
challenges

new technological
advancements

Example of a challenge

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104986

https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231198184

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09829-y

https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21825

Example of a challenge

(Boudry et al., 2019)

Example of a technological advancement

Imagine: You analyze your data and…

someone wants to use the results for a meta-analysis
a reviewer wants to check your analyses
a team member wants to expand on your analyses
…

In any case: You’d need to share your analyses (and data).
How would you do it?

One option: Provide a browser-based instance of your R-project.
View example.

References

Boudry, C., Alvarez-Muñoz, P., Arencibia-Jorge, R., Ayena, D., Brouwer, N. J., Chaudhuri, Z., Chawner, B., Epee, E., Erraïs, K., Fotouhi, A., Gharaibeh, A. M., Hassanein, D. H., Herwig-Carl, M. C., Howard, K., Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo, D., Laughrea, P.-A., Lopez, F. A., Machin-Mastromatteo, J. D., Malerbi, F. K., … Mouriaux, F. (2019). Worldwide inequality in access to full text scientific articles: The example of ophthalmology. PeerJ, 7, e7850. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7850

Fecher, B., & Friesike, S. (2014). Open Science: One Term, Five Schools of Thought. In S. Bartling & S. Friesike (Eds.), Opening Science (pp. 17–47). Springer International Publishing.

Credit

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